What It’s Like to Work in Space, Using Bulky EVA Gloves By Samantha Mathewson, Space.com Contributor | Space.com’s Samantha Mathewson experienced how difficult it is for astronauts to work in the vacuum of space, using an EVA glove simulator from NASA’s Langley Research Center. Credit: Jeremy Lips/Space.com Tightening a lug nut on the tire of […]

STUDENTS & TEACHERS ARE VISITING THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE BARBOZA SPACE CENTER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM WE INVITE YOU TO SEE OUR PHOTO ESSAY OF THE AUSTRALIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.      SCHOOLS IN AUSTRALIA Add to study guide School education in Australia includes preschool, preparatory (or kindergarten), primary school, secondary school (or high school) […]

Space X is serious about going to Mars.  This is a presentation that you don’t want to miss. DESCRIPTION As President and COO of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell is responsible for the company’s day-to-day operations and for managing all customer and strategic relations. She joined SpaceX in 2002 as Vice President of Business Development and the […]

HP & Mars Society Partnering on Mars Home Planet Initiative Dr. Robert Zubrin to Talk at Inaugural HP Meetup Friday 7pm PDT Hewlett Packard (HP) and the Mars Society are partnering to bring you the HP Mars Home Planet initiative, a program intended to conceive, plan and ultimately build a virtual colony on the Red […]

The Mars Society is announcing the international student engineering contest to design a lander capable of delivering a ten metric ton payload safely to the surface of Mars. The competition is open to student teams from around the world. Participants are free to choose any technology to accomplish the proposed mission and need to submit […]

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 BY KIDS TALK RADIO The Case for Mars The Barboza Space Center will introduce the book, “The Case for Mars.”  This will be part of our new Occupy Mars Learning Adventures Fellowship Program.   The book will be used to create space mathematics story problems. And to help with the building of […]

Students in the USA are getting ready to collaborate with high school students in France and other countries.  They are on a mission to come up with a better way to grow food on Mars.  First, we must do a good job growing food here on Earth.  California high school students are working on special […]